dam-gaire

nia, f. (fem.
LL 118 a 13
.
IT iii 89. 11
.)
Usually translated a herd of stags or deer (Stokes,
Lism. L. p.
389
,
410 b 2
—but
240. 30
stags in heat, as
TTr.² 1159
—
Kuno Meyer, Contr.). But the frequent appearance of
damgaire in phrases such as `oc búiriud, oc béicid amal
dam damgaire, dorddan (daim) damgaire,' and, like cúgaire,
as the object of rocluinethar, seems to indicate the meaning
a bellowing or roaring of a stag. This is not disproved by
the place-name Druimm Damgaire, nor by the passage
Lism.
L. p. 389
. Damgaire like cúgaire has short penultimate, as
shown by the rhyme with `glaine,'
Anecd. ii 24. 3
, and by
IT iii 89. 11
, both cited below.